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ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

121 SCHOOL AVE, LOWELL, AR 72745 · (479) 631-3561 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Arkansas public elementary schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools

Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 418
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
332 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K9315%
Kindergarten9215%
Grade 18013%
Grade 27712%
Grade 39615%
Grade 47812%
Grade 511018%

This year's kindergarten class (92) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).

Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 61% · US 70%
White
21935%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
34054%
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
91%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 19% · US 15%
Asian
163%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
295%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
91%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
31650%
Female
31050%

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Test scores

ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)
English Language Arts
39.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.

ATLAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2539.6%49.4%
2023-2445.4%57.3%
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school62653.0%45.8%
FRANK TILLERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROGERS
52660.6%39.5%
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROGERS
50559.4%61.6%
HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGDALE
89057.3%47.7%
LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOWELL
45163.9%43.8%
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SILOAM SPRINGS
69961.5%39.9%
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ArkansasIn Benton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.8%#117 of 461#25 of 39
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.4%#128 of 465
▼ 74
#25 of 39
▼ 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.6%#177 of 465
▼ 69
#32 of 39
▼ 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
626#60 of 531#11 of 47
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.5:1#16 of 480#1 of 44
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
57.9%#138 of 480#17 of 44
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
53.0%#405 of 513#19 of 44
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.5%#237 of 311#21 of 26
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
626
+120 (+24%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2562650.212.5:153% (332)
2023-2450752.89.6:158% (293)
2022-2356150.211.2:153% (297)
2020-215063414.9:159% (299)
2017-1867744.415.3:147% (316)
2015-166223716.8:160% (375)
2010-116163418.1:147% (290)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LOWELL, Arkansas, under ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counted 626 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 50% more students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).

District-wide, ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT has 23 schools and 15,688 students.

At ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 54% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Benton County is about 19% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.

There are about 12.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 50.2. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 3.5 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 53%. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Benton County.

On the allk12 Grade, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Arkansas public elementary schools.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.8% actual, 40.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.

Looking at the county, Benton County, median household income comes to about $93,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 88, with about 57,071 students.

ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

From 506 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 626 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 14.9:1.

Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.

Benton County at a glance

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Population
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students

Quick facts

School name
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
121 SCHOOL AVE, LOWELL, AR 72745
Phone
(479) 631-3561
County
Benton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
626
Teachers (FTE)
50
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
332 (53%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
051197000881
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other schools in LOWELL
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Frequently asked questions

About ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
Is ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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